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Recent Examples of curled up
This mist reminds me of being freshly showered and curled up under layers of blankets—the perfect antidote to freezing temperatures outside.
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Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 22 Feb. 2026
Moore says, curled up on the velvet sofa in the living room, with a five-year odyssey of renovating and re-building behind her.
—Christine Lennon, Architectural Digest, 11 Feb. 2026
But one night curled up beneath the Turkish flannel, and I was sold.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2026
These curled up bundles allowed for very long, efficient lasers to be stuffed into very small volumes and new technologies allowed multiple lasers to be combined into a single, far more powerful beam.
—New Atlas, 17 Jan. 2026
Yorke’s wife, Dajana, was curled up next to him, engrossed in a Murakami novel.
—Zoe Si, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
Young Miko is far from her home island of Puerto Rico, curled up in an oversized hoodie and tucked away in a quiet hotel room in south-central North Carolina.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Qing Yuan had seen many of these tiny corpses, pinkish, yellowish, tin-gray, curled up, always seemingly asleep, tossed by janitors into fires outside the building.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
The Siberian Husky was often seen curled up in Sharon’s lap during interviews, TMZ reports.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2025
Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 22 Feb. 2026
Moore says, curled up on the velvet sofa in the living room, with a five-year odyssey of renovating and re-building behind her.
—Christine Lennon, Architectural Digest, 11 Feb. 2026
But one night curled up beneath the Turkish flannel, and I was sold.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2026
These curled up bundles allowed for very long, efficient lasers to be stuffed into very small volumes and new technologies allowed multiple lasers to be combined into a single, far more powerful beam.
—New Atlas, 17 Jan. 2026
Yorke’s wife, Dajana, was curled up next to him, engrossed in a Murakami novel.
—Zoe Si, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
Young Miko is far from her home island of Puerto Rico, curled up in an oversized hoodie and tucked away in a quiet hotel room in south-central North Carolina.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Qing Yuan had seen many of these tiny corpses, pinkish, yellowish, tin-gray, curled up, always seemingly asleep, tossed by janitors into fires outside the building.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
The Siberian Husky was often seen curled up in Sharon’s lap during interviews, TMZ reports.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curled up
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Grab a drink and then head into the cat lounge where you’ll be greeted by dozens of adoptable cats waiting to be snuggled and played with.—
Kaitlyn Keegan,
Hartford Courant,
11 Feb. 2026
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Both elements are crucial for an expert couch-napper like me, who appreciates being snuggled without the risk of overheating.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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And yet the miles of glorious golden sand – one of the only sandy beaches in Sussex – is undeniably delightful, and just nestled behind the dunes is a splendid hotel, The Gallivant, which proclaims that happiness is a place, right here, in Camber.—
Felicity Capon,
TheWeek,
19 Feb. 2026
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While the opening ceremony was held in Milan, the other host city, Cortina d’Ampezzo, nestled in the Dolomite mountains, was considered too small and remote to host the closing ceremony.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Inside a drop-like form with a long, straight tail is the lower part of a human body, crouched and holding its knees below a large sphere with an open perforation at the top.—
Annalisa Merelli,
STAT,
19 Feb. 2026
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The cameraman darted and crouched, arguably working harder than anyone else in the building to capture those breathless, in-your-face angles.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Curled up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curled%20up. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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